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fer making a quotation or two from the document last mentioned and recommend the whole of it to the serious consideration of the Legislature : " Not content with the present judicial settlement of the law of piracy, Mr. Talfourd, in a Bill professing to extend the term of copyright, declares . selections, compilations, and abrid g ements to be piratical, thus sadly reducing the number of cheap and really readable books. " The result in this case is obvious. Cheap and elegant, because legal, literature will become obsolete, and the hap pily obliterated works, from old type, on coarse paper, and in shabby binding, will be revived. Respectable booksellers will be ashamed to acknowledge injury from such trashy produc tions, and the contraband trader will flourish on the ruins of the fair dealer, who, by competition, would become the dicta tor of taste, and the diffuser of refinement. " Almost every clause might be proved to be injurious in itself, and many of them contradictory of each other. One instance, at present, may suffice to show the injustice that will be inflicted on the printing business. Clause 19 pre vents the free printing, in this country, of any book in copy right ; clauses 3 and 4 make the term of copyright to ex tend for the author's life and sixty years more, during all which time only one edition may have been printed ; clause 9 authorises an application to the Court of Chancery, five years after the present 28 years of copyright (33 years), as before noticed ; and clause 20 permits the importation from foreign parts of any book which has not been printed in this country during any 20 years ! Thus we may have 13 years, supply of a book from abroad before it can be printed or pub lished in any part of the British dominions ! The injury to printing business is here sufficiently obvious; the advan tage to authors, however, is not clear." Upon the whole, we earnestly protest against this measure being further proceeded with. It is vicious in principle, and it is both absurd and unjust i❑ many of its details. Mr. Mudie, speaking for himself and his brother authors, says— " Let Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, if such be his pleasure, pour out the full vials of his wrath upon us : but for the love of all that is dear to a heart which can be warmed by science or by song, let him spare us the honey and the oil' of his most sedative and sickening commiseration. Let him plead for 'his clients in any style that he lists ; but let him leave the literary men of his country to that public which are at once their pupil; and their patrons, and not seek to botch that which he cannot better."— Times. A. petition from the Printers and Bookbinders of the Metropolis is to be presented to-night, against the exten sion of Copyright proposed by Mr. Talfourd's Bill. It is presumed by the petitioners tLat the extension to 60 years of the vested right of authors in their literary property from the present limitation of 28 years, will be injurious to themselves specifically, and generally to the public at large. We do not concur with them in either proposition. We have before stated our conviction that the idea .of any in jury resulting either to the public generally, or the trade individually, from the extension, is equally groundless and fallacious. But we will close at once with the real merits of the question. Why is the property of the literary class to be limited to twenty-eight years ? Why is its posses sion to be limited to any number of years ? Is it because it is so easily acquired? That there is less " wear and tear" in its acquisition than in that of any other property ? Such an argument would be intelligible—we should know how to deal with it. It is not even pretended. It is admitted that there is as much ingenuity and in dustry employed in its acquisition as of any other property whatever. Then why is it not to be equally protected ? We " pause for a reply." The large estates vested in the landed Aristocracy have been generally earned by the sword. The estates in copyright, earned by the intellectual class, have been earned by the pen. Let us suppose the means of acquisition equally meritorious. Let us suppose that the energy, the skill, the address, the intel lect, the industry, shown by each class, have been equal. Let us suppose that the estate in copyright or land is the representative of those rewarded qualities. Then, we ask of those who propose to limit literary property to twenty-eight years, to limit the landed property of the Duke of Northumberland, the Duke of Bedford, the Duke of Newcastle, the Duke of Buccleuch, and other magnates. Let them propose that limitation, and we shall be contented. The idea of injury to the public from the non-limitation of copyright is ridiculous. The literary pro prietors are no more likely to keep their copyrights in their escritoires than the landed proprietor would be to let his land became fallow, and refuse to let it on profitable lease. The fair inference is directly the re verse. The public benefits by all encouragement to improvement. Who would improve his works, or who im prove his land, if he were under the conviction that the capital (or time, which is the same thing), employed on the improveritents were to be employed for the benefit of others, into whose hands it was about to pass, and about whom he cared nothing ? We shall return to this subject. We shall vigilantly watch the progress of the motion to be brought forward by Mr. Wakley this evening. We see no ground for the curtailment of the right of literary men to the possession of their own hard-earned property, but one, and that is the ground stated by some Members o f Patli,:ment on the subject of Mr. C. P. Thomson's mea sure for international copyright ; it is, forsooth, for the benefit of society that the literary classes are robbed. We admire the morality and modesty of the plea. We see no other shadow of an argument. They have been helots and serfs hitherto, and they are to remain so. They are not to be permitted to realise the profits of their labours. They are to be visited with the curse upon the Jews : " This is a people robbed and spoiled, for a prey, and none say deliver ; for a spoil, and none say restore." It is for us, and the whole of our brother labourers in the literary vineyard, to show whether we shall deserve the designation and the analogy in future, by our own craven submission to the long-continued perpetration of a derogatory and sub stantial wrong. We have seen nothing and heard nothing to cause the slightest variation in the clear and perfect conviction we entertain as to the equitable merits of the question. The question in reality lies in a nut-shell. The property gained by the intellectual class through their exertions, and which is vested in copyright, is as much their property and ought, according to all the plain dictates of common honesty ailed common equity, to be equally protected as the property vested in land or in any other security. So far from ccncurring with those who are now clamouring against the extension of this right of property to sixty years, we, on the contrary, think that there ought to be no limit what ever to the right of authors in possessing and transmitting the property which they have earned. They ought, by every fair legislative analogy, be enabled to hand it down, unshackled and unimpaired, to their children and their heirs. If their equitable right to this extent is to be restricted or obstructed by any enactment which the Legislature may dictate, or which the selfish interest of any class or classes may claim, then we say, let the principle be universally ap plied, and let a similar limitation be inflicted upon all funded and landed property. Fair play is a jewel. We want to know from the various clamourers for literary re striction, whether they will consent to this?—whether they will propose this ?—and then we will consent to a similar re striction on our property, and that of the hard-working and socially beneficial class to which we belong. Any honest man must see instantly that there is no more shadow of pre tence for limitation in one case than there is for limitation in the other. The only shadow of pretence that can be alleged is thatof the footpads who are modest enough to return some of the stolen property to their victims. It was a law in ancient Egypt to allow the ingenious robber a third of the spoil as an encouragement for his ingenuity, provided he returned two-thirds to the despoiled proprietor. We have employed the argument ab absurdum in thus calling , for the cotemporary limitation of funded and landed pro perty, in order to bold the glass up to the clamourers for literary restriction, and to shew them the real dishonesty of their proposal. Let us come from theory to practice. We will take two past and two present instances (out of many examples) in proof of the truth of our argument as to the injust►ce of limitation ; Sir Walter Scott and Dr. Southey, Milton and Goldsmith. The heirs and family of the two last have starved while the copyright of their works has been making enormous fortunes for others. Is this endurable, or reconcilable with any principle of honesty ? Dr. Southey has been labouringfor forty years in the literary vine yard. He is understood not to be rich. Is it tolerable that he should see his own property pass out of his bands after twenty-eight years, in the middle career of his exertions ? It is painful barely to refer to the case of Sir Walter Scott ; we shall merely touch upon it ; but this we are bound to say, that he need not have broken his heart, as he did, in honourable exertions to pay his creditors, had not the depreciation of his property—caused by the limitation of copyright—prevented a due remunerative relief for the benefit of his creditors and of his family. Since the above observations were written, we have received a pamphlet, " A Proposed New Law of Copyright, of the highest im portance to Authors, in a letter to Mr. Seijeant Talfourd, ;by a Friend to Authors." We shall probably make it the theme and vehicle of some further observations on this important subject. —Morning Advertiser. THE LATE ROBBERY AT THE RUSSIAN Am- BASSADOR'S.—The greatest mystery still envelopes this rob-. bery, which has created great suspicion, from the difficult and r7mote situation of the apartment from the entrance in Dover street. The domestics have respectively undergone rigid questioning by the police, but nothing has been elicited that can implicate any person in the establishment. The stolen property (besides Bank of England notes and foreign money to upwards of 230/.), of which erroneous accounts have been circulated, consists of a small gold snuff-box with a landscape painting under a glass, a small Russian gold and steel snuff box, a reading glass with gold slidings, a gold opera glass, the maker's name " Denepas, a Paris ;" a small chain with deco rations attached (a star of the Order of St. Ferdinand) three thrquoise shirt-b u tt ons ,t wo ffold epaulettes, likewise a quantity of pape rs , memorandums of particular interest to the owner, Count Charles, his Excellency's nephew. The property stolen is solely the property of Count Charles. I SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. In again adverting to the proceedings reported in yester day's Morning Advertiser of the adjourned Court of the Middlesex Magistrates, " to consider the expediency of recommending her Majesty's Government to bring in a Bill to limit the opening of houses for the sale of spirituous liquors to the hours prescribed for coffee-houses and beer houses, and to forbid the opening of such spirit-houses altogether on Sunday mornings, and to empower the Ma gistrates to license certain houses for the sale of tea, coffee, and other unintoxicating refreshments, to be open in the night time, in situations where they may appear to them necessary for the reasonable accommodation of the public, and to suggest such modifications of the existing laws in regard to public-houses as may appear to them to be ne cessary," we are actually at a loss to know in what terms we can characterise them. That they are inconsistent in every Possible respect no one can dispute—that they are exceed ingly foolish is apparent upon the face of them—that they are unjust, in drawinga distinction between the rich and the poor, is self-evident—and that they are calculated to increase vice, instead of improving the morality of the working classes, every fifth form school-boy couldprove. The lastre solution passed at the previous meeting of the Middlesex Magistrates was that— " Your Committee, therefore, submit that it be respectfully recommended to her Majesty's Government to bring in a Bill to limit the hours for the retail sale of strong beer, wine, and spirituous liquors, to between six o'clock in the morning and eleven o'clock at night, and that such houses be cleared of their guests before half-past eleven o'clock at night ; but on Sunday mornings that such be not opened before one o'clock, P. il. Which, as our readers will remember,' was carried almost without opposition ; but this resolution required to be carried out by another, namely— Provided always, that any person, whether licensed to sell exciseable liquors in any inn or victualling-house, wherein the sale of spirituous does not form a prominent part of the businws therein, or not so licensed, may supply ready-made tea, coffee, and other refreshments, not of an intoxicating kind, on his premises on Sunday mornings." This is one of the most glorious specimens of attempted legislation that we have ever met with. It is truly a jewel in its own way. What the " promi nent part" is no one can discover. The landlord of a public-house may sell, were this resolution to form part of an Act of Parliament, tea, coffee, and unintoxicating liquors during the whole course of the night, and, during the day, beer, spirits, and wine ; but who is to be the judge of which these different ingredients forms the " pro minent part" of the business of the house ? Mr. Barber Beaumont, in allusion to this matter, observed, that " the Committee, in recommending the resolutions, had proposed certain measures to put a stop to midnight drunkenness, often elongatod to the next morning, and that all dram shops and tippling-houses should not be opened on a Sun day morning." Vain illusion ! Instead of putting a stop to drunkenness, it would increase it—instead of promoting morality, it would increase the amount of immorality. The beer-shops both in town and in country are most noto rious receptacles, not only for the sale of spirits, but also for the smuggling of them, and the reception of thieves and other disreputable members of the community ; end is the evil to be increased by joining the less respectable portion of the coffee-house keepers of London to the vast mass of beer-shop keepers who are now demoralising the coun try ? With regard to " opening on Sunday morning," we are aware that there is a difference of opinion in the trade—one portion of it being for closing public-houses until one p. m. upon Sunday, and another equally adverse. • The point is therefore neutral ground ; we have no reason to find fault with the decision of the Committee, except that in doing so one law is established for the poor and another for the rich. To the 7th resolution we make no objection. It is imperatively called for, and forms a re deeming quality in the character of the other resolutions : " That if any person persists in remaining in any victual ling-house, beer-shop, or coffee-house, beyond the times limited by law, or if in consequence of any disorderly conduct therein committed, or reasonably apprehended by the keeper of such house, he be desirous of clearing his house, and any person refuse to depart on being required so to do, it shall be lawful for any such victualler to procure the aid of one or more police constables, or other peace officers, when, if the said person shall still refuse to depart, it shall be deemed a breach of the peace, and he shall be taken into custody to be dealt with according to law." It is true that the law gives the abovepower, and that any Licensed Victualler may exercise it, without even the aid of a direct Act or declaration ; but nothing can be better than that the authority should be declared. The con sideration of the remainder of the resolutions we must defer. Those upon which we have now commented form but the minor portion of them.—Morning Advertiser. When the Chancellor of the Exchequer moved in Com mittee on Monday night, that provision should be made for payment of the pensions that have fallen due during the last quarter, Mr. Harvey rose, and directed some of his customary sarcasms against the operations of the Pension list Committee, and against the spirit that had animated Mr. Spring Rice's preliminary inquiries. Mr. Harvey has, undoubtedly, done good service in directing public at tention to any abuses that may exist in the system of awarding public pensions! There exist, at the same time, strong reasons for questioning the soundness of the general views by which Mr. Harvey has been guided on this im portant question. The greater or lesser amount of the Pension-list seems to us a very imperfect test of the merit of the men, with whom it rests to regulate that particular ap plication of the public money! The worthiness, or un worthiness of the recipients of the public bounty is, of course, a matter of ir finitely greater moment. Yet even if we were at liberty to assume that the larger portion of the money now voted annually for the purposes of the Pension list, was imperfectly merited—still we should not be at liberty to forget, that reforms, such as those recommended by Mr. Harvey, in reference to this question, are, at best, of a delusive nature, in so far as relief to the public is con cerned ! If the whole pension list, in fact, were admitted to he an abuse, the admission would only prove the pen sion to be the result—the consequence—of some compre- ' hensive system of abuses. The partial abuses of the pen sion list prove, on the same principles, that they spring front causes operating beyond the circle of the pension list it self. Until these general causes of abuse shall be removed, —to remove, partially, their results, can signify little. If Mr. Harvey were to succeed in reducing the pension list within the limits that may seem fitting to his Whig-radical wisdom, could he prevent the Whigs from squandering, 1 next day, treble the amount saved, in creating and carry ing on some jobbing Commission ?—Mr. Harvey is, not withstanding, entitled to credit for trying to remove, or lessen, any proved abuse. If the public bounty has been, in times past, unworthily bestowed, let it be withheld in future—or (if such a decision should be found, in some cases, too harsh) let similar misapplications be avoided hereafter. Conceding so much, however, to Mr. Harvey, we can, by no means, concede to him that the exist ing pension list is too large in amount—or that it would be consistent (as he contends) with the truest prin ciples of policy, to reduce it from 140,9001. to 70,0001. annually. In a mighty country like England, with an annual expenditure of fifty millions, there must always exist large classes of public servants, for whose modest wants in old age, it must ever be true economy, on the part of the pub lic, to provide. The country will be sure to gain by a system that tends to check the mean, mercenary, money getting spirit that affects more or less keenly, all mercan tile communities :—the country will be sure to gain by a system that tends in short to check selfishness, and to ge nerate a purer state of public opinion. No community ever lost by encouraging a spirit of self-devoting enthusiasm in its more active members ! There are yet other classes of men—not exactly public servants in the ordinary accep tation of the phrase—even while they minister to the high est necessities of the public—for whose wants, it ought to be the pride of a great countrylike England to make suitable pro vision. We allude to men of the higher order of genius—men for whose peculiar talents there may happen to be no effec tual demand amongst their Contemporaries—men, whose fate it is to live more for posterity, than for the age which gives them birth. With this highest class of human intel ligences must be ranked many great mechanical inventors, many of those who have discovered the means of creating boundless wealth, and yet have lived and died in helpless and unpitied poverty. For these men, it ought to be the pride of a country like England, to make honourable provi sion. The community wou ld gain mightily b y t h e arrange ment—would gain, not merely by the diffusion of a loftier style of sentiment throughout all ranks, but by solid addi tions to the general funds of intellectual and material wealth. Advocates as we are for all honest economy, still it seems to us that, providing the objects be worthily se lected, the Pension List might be indefinitely augmented, , with advantage to the public.—Morning Herald. By the report which is published in our Supplement of the " Jamaica Education Society" under the management of the Baptist Missionaries, it will be perceived that instruc tion is imparted by this body of Christians to 2,337 Day, 992 Evening, 7,702 Sunday Scholars, and to 70 Scholars in an infant school, making in all the grand total of 11,141 persons. It must be gratifying to all individuals who are interested in the future welfare of the Colony to observe that among one class of Ministers alone, so much good is doing; and when we remember that other Schools, under the fostering care of the Established Church, the Moravians, and the Wesleyans, have also been already established, and that the number is to be con siderably increased, we rejoice while we contemplate the good work, and fervently hope that, by God's blessing, the efforts which are now making to enlighten the minds of our sable brethren, may be crowned with unlimited success.—Falmouth (Jamaica) Post. A public meeting is announced to take place this day at Alfriston, for the purpose of promoting petitions to Parliament for the repeal of the Poor-law Amendment Act. Alfriston is an adjunct to the Eastbourne Union, and the meeting is enpected to be numerously attended..—Brighton Patriot. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) (From our Second Edition of last night.) HULL. Robert Lee, sen., merchant, George-street, was objected to as having given a bribe to W. Baker. Baker deposed that at the last election he was working at Knottingley, and went to Hull for the purpose of voting, taking a note to Mr. Lee, which had been given to him by another person at Leeds. He called on Mr. Lee, and asked about his expenses. Mr. Lee told him he could say nothing about them until after the election. Witness went to Mr. Lee's house again the next morning, and received three sovereigns for his expenses. 'The Committee struck off the vote. _ . Robert Sargeson, of Cottingham, was objected to, as having been treated. The voter stated that in the course of the week before the election two gentlemen from Hull attended at the house of Mr. Mutch, at Cottingham, and treated the voters of that place with ale and grog. On the morning of the election they breakfasted at the same house, and afterwards were con veyed to the poll in a coach. In the course of the day they had some bread and beef at the house of Mr. M'Clennan, publican, Mylongate. Nothing was paid by the voter for any of these refreshments. The Committee thought the evidence insufficient, and re tained the vote. Robert Gibson was objected to on the ground of having been treated. The case was proceeding when the Speaker was announced to be at prayers. KINSALE. The Committee retained the vote of William Warren. Harris Fudger was next objected to by the sitting Mem ber. on the ground of being a tide-waiter in the Customs. The vote had not been decided when the Committee ad journed. WICKLOW. The Committee, after a long deliberation, decided that, under the Irish Reform Act, they had no power to go into any investigation of the registry. Mr. KEATING then said that after that decision it was quite useless for the petitioners to proceed, and the Committee then resolved that the sitting Members were duly elected, and that the petition was not frivolous nor vexatious, nor the opp o _ sition thereto. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 10. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Four o'Clock. SLAVERY ABOLITION ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This Bill was brought up frovhe Commons; as was a!so the First Fruits and Tenths Bil NEW ZEJLAND. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the South Sea merchants of London, praying for some protection for the trade to New Zealand. He believed there would be no such security till an adequate force was stationed there for the purpose in a man-of-war. He moved that it be referred to the Committee on New Zealand.—Agreed to. SLAVERY. The Marquis of SLIGO presented several petitions from Stockport, and other places, playing for the unconditional emancipation of the negroes. NEW POOR-LAW. The NOBLE ..argots also presented a petition, praying that several unions might be allowed to join in building one work house. SLAVERY. Lord DURHAM presented several petitions, praying for the emancipation of the negroes. SLAVERY ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Lord GLENELG after pointing out the alteration made in the House of Commons on this Bill, moved that the amend ments be agreed to. The Duke of WELLINGTON did not approve of the omission in one of the clauses of the words " with the advice of his Council," because he thought it necessary that should be a check on the Governur. He, however, did not wish to throw any impediments in the way of the Bill. After a few words from Lord St. VINCENT, the amend ments were an-reed to. The Bishop of LONDON brought in a Bill for amending the Act passed for conferring the perpetual patronage of Churches in the persons by whom they were built. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be committ e d. . __ CANADA. - • Lord GL ENE LG presented a petition from the owners of estates residing at Montreal, in Lower Canada. Although it was not numerously signed, it represented, he believed, the sentiments of a large portion, or nearly the whole of the British and Irish population of Lower Canada. The petition which would have been more numerously signed if it had been thought expedient, expressed the deep regret and indignation of the petitioners at the late insurrection in that colony. It stated farther the grievances which the British population experienced from the Constitution of 1791. The peti tioners prayed, as the only effectual remedy against those grievances, the union of the two provinces of Lower and Lipper Canada. He (Lord Glenelg), in presenting the petition, did not hold himself bound by every ex pression that it contained. With some of them he could not agree, but he certainly felt it his duty to present the petition, both on account of the great import ance of the subject and the petitioners themselves. With re spect to the union of the two Provinces he had already stated his opinion on that point upon the discussion of the Canada Bill. It certainly was true that the separation of the two Provinces had led to inconveniences to which all were sensible ; and it V% s true that commercial inconveniences in both Provinces had followed the separation. At the same time whether a union was proper or not he would not express any opinion upon it. If the subject could b., satisfactorily arranged by both Provinces, he had no doubt that it would meet with the attentive consi &ration of Parliament. The petition from Quebec was entitled to the same tribute of praise, both on account of the characters of the petitioners, and the importance of the subject. The peti tion expressed the same sentiments as the petition from Mon treal, and prayed the same remedy. The Noble Lord begged to recommend the petitions to their Lordships' consi deration. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the Protestants and Roman Catholics of a parish in the County of Cork, prayine. the House to make some enact ment on the subject of ? tithes in Ireland. The state of the law with respect to tithes was at present extremely incon venient. 'The Noble Duke also presented a petition from a congregation in Lincoln, for the immediate abolition of slavery. PETTY SESSIONS. The Earl of DE VON brought in a Bill to make further regulation for the holding of Petty Sessions, and to provide for the more speedy trial of offenders in certain cases of larceny. The Bill was read a first time. Lord LORTON presented a petition from the Protestants of Cavan praying for the re-establishment of the ten sup pressed Bishoprics. The Haileybury College Bill was read a second time, on the motion of Lord GLENELG, who said it was a decla ratory Act, to continue to the Board of Control the power of making regulations for the management of the College. POOR-LAW BILL. The Earl of DEVON gave notice that shortly after the recess, his Noble Friend (Lord Wharncliffe) would bring in a Bill for the amendment of the Poor-law Bill. The Bills on their Lordships' table were then forwarded a stage ; after which the House adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 10. The SPEAKER entered the House at the usual hour, but there being only thirty-eight Members present at four o'clock, the House adjourned till to-morrow. It will be seen from a report, which will be found elsewhere, of the proceedings of the Middlesex Magistrates, that all the resolutions originally moved in their High Court of Jurisdiction were carried, with scarcely the shadow of a shade of opposition. We are not astonished at any thing that they either do or think of doing; and cannot, therefore, be surprised that they have set an example of ignorance, and despotism, and injustice, which their brethren elsewhere will be but too happy to follow ; but we beg to tell them, that in passing their resolutions they have assumed a power to which they have no rightful claim, and that in point of law, as well as of justice, every Licensed Victualler may drive a coach and four through them. The report of their proceedings reached us at a late hour, and we cannot, therefore, for the present, expose their absurdity in all their grossness—but to-morrow, we shall endeavour to lay them bare to the public—" naked as they came into the world"—and despised as they are certain to leave it.—Morning Advertiser. LA MORGUE AT PARIS.—YOU pass at once from the street into a small square apartment, white-washed and well lighted ; having on one side an open grating, behind which are three broad planks, supported by trestles, each form ing an inclined plane, in order that the countenance of the )rp3e should be fully exposed ; while along the wall the gar ments in which the unhappy victims of murder or suicide were clad on their reception, are exhibited, for the purpose of iden tification. The apartment, or cell, is scrupulously clean, and even cheerful ; and it is impossible to imagine an establishment of so melancholy, and indeed awful, a description as La Morgue, more tho rou g hl y div ested of gloom. —Th e River and the Desert. An intimacy of the closest nature had l ong sub sisted between the cle rk of a m erchant in the R ue S a i n t Denis urgedand young ger woman of respectabl e f am i ly. Having in vain to fulfil his reiterat e d promises of haeyr lo mar riage she ceased to hold any communion with him, and con tracted a legitimate alliance with a gentleman of honour and fortune. After her union the young man repeatedly assailed her by letters, endeavouring to seduce her to violate her vows. She, however, remained firm to her duty, and repelled all his advances, till, alarmed that his correspondence might be de tected, she wrote last week by the hands of a confidante of their former intercourse, urging him in the most affecting terms to desist from his importunities. Through the same c hannel the infatuated young man replied that, in order to comply with her request, he was on the point of putting an end to an existence which he could no longer endure. The secret messenger was sent back in all, haste to prevent the ca t as trophe, but she arrived too let e--the yo ung man was found lifeless in his room, having shot himself through the heart. There are several native lepers in Calcutta, who follow the occupation of confeet:mners. The public should, therefore, be cautious in purcb asing sweetmeats, or they will be apt to bring this loathsome distemper on themselves.— Parbury's Oriental Herald. PRICES Or i,ANALS,DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 10. lumber Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share 1,766 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldharn....Average 97/.188. sh. 135 1 . 0 92 4/. Ashby-de-le-Zouch Average 113/. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOO/. sh. 5 1,005 51 . Brecknock and Abergavenny 1501. sh. 100 8,000 1-16 sh. 9/ 6s. Birmingham, 1-16th share 811. & 711. 220 4,000 Ditto and Liverpool June-1301. sh. 100 pd 24f 600 34 Bridgewater and Taunton ...JOU oh. all pd 64 400 4i. Chelmer and Blackwatcr 100/. sh. 102 500 481. Clventry 1001. sh. 745 4.545 Croydon Beverage 311.25.10 d. sh. 3 2,0601 4!. Os. Dudley .., lOOl. sh. 83 .. 600 144. Derby 1001. sh. 133 20,000 4 per cent. Danune and Mayne 4ll. 13s. 4d .pd 234 3,575/ 21. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. ids. 77 231 46/. Erewash 1001. eh. 700 1 ,297 281. Forth and Clyde Average 4001 . 165. oh. 580 .1,600 12/. Grand Junction 1001. sh. 212 4,849 E 1/. Grand Union 1001.3 b 25 1.500 Grand Surrey 2 0,000/. 4/. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan' 100/. 70 3,096 Grand Western 1001. oh. all pd 600 131.12 x. 3d. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 230 749 101. Grantham 150/. sh. 202 6,238 21. Os. Huddersfield Average 57/. 6s. 6d. sh. 3: 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10 2 5,328 11. ss. Kennet and Avon, Average 39/.lBs. 10d. sh 253 2,8973 251. Leeds and Liverpool 100/.3h. 610 545/ 131. Leicester l4O/. sh. 225 1,897 31. Os. Leicester and Northampton...AN er i 3/. 10s. 91 2.400 101. hlonmouthshire 1001. sh. 210 150 10/. Melton Mowbray 1001. oh. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irweli 1001. sh. 565 3,000 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 52 247 17/. Neath 1001. sh. 325 - lOO/ sh. 630 1,786 30/. Oxford 2,400 5/. Peak Forest AN , ci.ge about 781. sh. 104 1,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 16s. Bd. sh. 16 5,669 61. per cent. Itochdale Average 85/. sh. 111 500 6/. Shropshire /251. sh. 138 800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 151 f 3,f001. 4} percent. Ditto bock Fund Stock l2/. 10s. sh. 111 700 40/, Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 710 500 9/. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 260 300 91. Stourbridge 3.647 21. Os. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. 9,. 00. sh. 50 533 15/. Swansea 1001. sh. 250 3,762 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Raihvay ...AT 35/. sh. 35 2,60018 n. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 560 8,140 ... ...... Thames tnd Medway... Aver. 19/. ss. 3d. sh. 2 qooosh.} 100/. sh 265 15/. Warwick and Birmingham 1,000/sh. 9tiO Ile. • Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 200 6,000 41.03. Worcester and 13irmingham...Av. 78 /. 81 . oh. 794 5,000 255. Wilts and Berko .. Average 67/. 108. Bd. sh. 22 SOO 31, Wyrley and Essington 1251. 811 75 .en Wisbeach lO5l. sh. 45 905 h. Wey and Arms llOl. sh. 224 DOCKS. t,6008t 33p. c Commercial ,.1001.5h. 56 1,06515 h 495,0671/. ot)e r cL East India Stock 112 3,239,310“. 50s. p.ct. London Stock 01 Ditto Bonds 9'l 1.3.50,000/. 41/. p. ct. West India Stock 1001 2,209 2/. 19s. Bristol 65,3241. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 4352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 100 500,000 4i per cent. Ditto Bonds 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOO-4 2.500 , .... Deptford Pier •'Ol. sh. 201. pd 11 BRIDGES. ...._ 1 ,0 0 0 ll's. Harnmerstmtt ... 50/. sh. 224 7,2:31 Southwark, Old Av. nr. 2s. Bd. sh. 2 1,700 11. 158. Ditto, New, of 7&. per cent. 5Ol. sh. 14 5, 00 0 ......... Waterloo 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. 6O/. pd 18 5 , 000 16g. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 174 00,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bows llB 5,848 lis Vauxhall Av'rage 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 20 AS , :URANCE COMPANIES. '2,000 31104 Albion ' , t3o/. sh. 501. pd S') • 50,000 [ 5.) ,, e , r , c l e 5 1 :1 Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 101/. pd 13-1 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 5/. pd Cf 24,000 gl. per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 5/. pd 14j 1,200 Oh. Si. Birmingham Fire 20,000 41 percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 504 sh. 5/. pd 6 5,000 51. percent. Clerical, Medi, al,&c. Life, ICO/ sh. 2/10s pd 4 4,000 2/ les County 1001. eh. 101. pd 42 20,000 ss. Eagle 5O/. sh. Si. pd 51 200 [I S ,N A- 3 ( ji el b l:l Economic Lite lOOO/. sh. 2501. pd 375 2,271 225. per cent. European LI t • 0 0/. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 21. pd 1; 1,000,0081. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 151 i 20,000 31. Guardian lOO/. sh. 27j/ pd 34 40,000 Cs. (3d. Hope 2,400 5!. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 500/. sh. 501. pd 127 7,500 91. Imperial lite 1001. sh. 10/. pd 10 13,458 4/. per cent. Indemnity Marine 100/. sh. 8/. pi 22 2,020 3! 10s Kent Fire 50!. sh. all pd 82 31. Ditto Life 7O 10,000 !FA. Law Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd 251 5,000 10s. London, Fir.) 251. eh. 12/. 10s. pi lo 3,9(5) 108. London, Ship 25i. sh. 121. 10s. pd 16 1,0e0,0001. ••• ..... Minerva Lifa 100/. sh. 30,0 A : , 1. per cent. Palladium Lite 501. sh. 21. pd 218 s 04 50,000 41. per cent. Protector Fire 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 17, Od 2.500 11. Provident Lite 100!. sh. 10/. pd '2O 100,000 ss. Rock Life 20/. ah. 11. pd GI 689,2'201 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock.. ! 225 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOOl. ah. Si. pd bi 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2l. pd JOINT S'IOCK BANKS 25,000 8 per cent. Agric andCumm. of Ireland 251. eh. 10/. pd 14 5,000 Australasia 4Ol. eh. 401. pd 70 10,000 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham sfl. sh. 101. pd 13 10,000 Ii per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. oh. 51. pd 164 0,000 5 per cent. London and LVestminster...loo/ sh. 201. pd 20, 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 100/. eh. 104 pd 30 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 23 50,000 74 per tent Manchester and Liverpool] 1001. sh. 15/ pd 194 Discount 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester. 1001. eh. 251. pd 27 20,000 Provincial Bulk of Ireland...loo/. sh. 25/. pd 42 20, 00 National Bank of Ireland ...5 9 1. sh. 174/. pd 164 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. ...1001. eh. 331. pd 34 10,000 ......... Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 104 pc! 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 501. sh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AN 1) COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 115 s 6el Bath 2O/. sh. 101. pd 24 5 , 01, ' ) ...... ... British 4Ol. sh. 161. pd 214 , n , r 5/.percent./ 2, ""' hand Br, ss. j Ditto Provincial 9 0/. sh. 19 d 224 928 5/ lOs Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 93 4,250 `2l os Bristol "0 . sh. 36 1,500 3 , lOs Brighton 2O/. sh. I :50 31 IDs Ditto, New 21/ sh. 18/. pd 9 2,471 44 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 17 4,000 41. Continental Consolidated lOO/. 621/. pd 110 1,000 10/. City of London lOO/..h. all pd 198 ',WO 61. Ditto, New 11,000 41. 108. Equitable 50/. pd 304 10,1100 24 per cent. Imperial 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Tnatiet 251. sh. 201. pd 20 2,350 6/. per cent. Independent 3O/. sh. all pd 49 9,000 3/. per cent. Phrenix 50/. sh. 39/. pd 214 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcli of 4,000 South Metropolitan 5O/. sh. 101. pd 17 6,200 Si. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 461. pd 294 240 5/. per cant. Warwick , 501. sh. 50 __. ,_. 400 .5/. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 221 12,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New BCO Yarmouth 201. sh. 18/. pd 9 WATER WORKS. ............. .. -....- 4,800 9s. Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/. pd 211 1,434 6/. East London lOOl. sh. 149 5,500 21 106 Grand Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 44. sh. 51 2,000 2/. Kent. I'ol. sh. 43 372 - 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 3'X 1,500 2/ 10s New River London Bridge WaterAnnuitien 591 6 ,486 I/ 15s Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 54 1,000 1 per cent. South London lOO/. sh. 87 8,294 4/. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. Dd. sh. 941 1.360 11 148 York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,3(0 Birmingham and Derby 3Ol. pd 28 9 ,5'0 .•....... Birmingham and Gloucester 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Of 15, 4 100 Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 10 pd 71 060 Calcutta and Saugur 50/. sh. 21. pd 04 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western...loo/. sh. 711 4 3,00 Q Clarence lOOl. sh. 100/. pd 40 12,000 0,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 21 pd 1/ 60,000 Eastern Counties 9 5/. sh. 54 pd 51 Grand Junction 1001. sh. 95/. p.l 181 Great North of England 5 , 03 Great Western lOO/. sh. 65/. pd 94 2,000 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 100/. pd 100 ,000 Hull and selby 5(11. sh. 10/. pd '7l 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/, pd 14 2,100 3/. per cent. Leeds and Selhy 100 sh. 41 1,500 11.5 e. Leicester and Swannington ....50/. sh. all pd '751 5,103 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo( /. sh. 1001. pd 195 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 0 51. pd 61 36,000 London and Brighton 501. sh. 8/. pd 101 12,000 London and Blackwall 50/, sh. 3/. pd 71 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 0 01. sic 20/. pd 301 2 5,000 ... London and Birmingham ...1001. sh. DO/. pd 177 Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. pd 331 20,000 ...... ... London and Southampton ....50/. sh. 501. pd 46/ Ditto ditto New 5/. pd 27 7,000 London and Croydon Trunk 20/. sh. 2 0 1. pd 161 7,000 Ditto Scrip 14/. att. 51. pd 54 12,000 London Grand Junction 50/ sh. 5/. pa 21 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/. sh. 71. pd 101 North Midland 100/. sh. 25/. pd 41' Northen and Eastern lOOl. sh. 8/. pd 5/ 2,600 Preston and Wyre 501. sh. 30/. pd 36 28,000 South Eastern and Dover 71. pd 6 1, 0 00 101. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/ sh 240 9,000 Thames Haven 5O/ sh 21. 10s. pd 3 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 501. sh. 21. pd 01 6,000 ..... .... York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 124 pd 121 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5l. sh. 31/. pd 12 4,000 11. ss. Alten 151. sh. 121. lOs pd 121 10,000 ........ Anglo Mexican, iss. 51. pm.... 100/. sh. all pd 34 Ditto Subscription .2.51 pa 4i 2,000 101. Bolanos 150/ sh all pd 55 10,000 11. 10a Brazilian Imp. is,. 51. pm 351. oh. 201. pd 221 6,000 Macaubas etc Cocaos United 251. sh. 251. pd 6 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. 9/. pd 51 10,000 ......... Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. 201. pd 5 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip 101. sh. 101. pd 31 20,000 British Iron al. sh. 50/ pd 16 6,000 British Copper Si. sh. 41/. pd Cata Branca... 61/. pd 1 Candonga 7l/. pd 7 10,000 11 Copiapo 2Ol. sh 1211 pd 61 8,500 ... Colombian, iss. Si. pm. 2,850 Si. English 121 IGs. pd 12} 20,000 General Mining Assoclation...2o/. sh. 15/. pd 8 6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 551/. pd 2 3,000 Polberou Consols lO/. sh. 8/. pd 5 i 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered l5 Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 180 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. ....401. sh. all pd 2f DIM. Scrip 3 ; Ditto New Scrip 5l pd 3f West Cork 501. sh. 50/. pd .7,8 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket ...... ...75gs. sh. 21 1,500 London University 1001. ah. all pd 23i 7 00 King' College 1001. pd 26 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural....lool. sh. 2ei/. pd 44 6,000 4/. per cent. British American Land Company 2:3/. pd 11; 10,000 01 per cent. Canada Company 100/. sh. 281. pd 301 200,000 51, per cent. Upper Canada Loan 96 City Bonds, 4 per cent lOl 15,000 1/. Os. General Steam Navigation —.151. sh. 131. pd 26 - 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 11. London Coin. Sale Rooms... ...... Av. '751. sh l9 8,000 Caoutchouc Company °5l. sh. 12 1 /. pd 9 New Brunswick Land Company 43/. pd 10' 2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary interest 50c...100/. sh. 100!. pd 13 0 1 2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 70/. pd 90 4,000 10,000 61. Van Diener.'s Land 1001. sh. 171. pd 111 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, MARCH 24, 1838. BANKS. 1,500,001. 6/. p. ct. Bank of Scotland 831.60. Rd. sh. all pd 1921. 2,000,0001. 5 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/. ah. all pd :1(0/. 500.0001. Bp. ct. British Linen Company 100/. sh. all pd 23 61 . 3,000,0001. 61. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 180/. 5.0 00,000, , .). oz. National lOO/. eh. 10/. pd 164/. 2,000,0001. 61. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 714 4,000,04)0/. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland .. 2OOl. sh 30/. pd 421. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250,0005 h. 6i p. ct. Scottish Union — V 20/. ah. 1/. pd Ws. 7,500 6k p. a. Hercules 1001. sh. 10/. pd 131 1.58. 10P,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland —.lOl. sh. all pd 815 s 50,000 6 ii. ct. North British 2001. sh. 10/. lid 161. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire... 100/. sh. 101. pd 1910 s moo 6p. et. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 14/18s 100,000 31 p. ct. West of Scotland lOl. pd 7108 MISCELLANEOUS. 4,810 Edin. and Glas. Un. Cana1...50/. sh. all pd 22 /. Ditto Allocated 961. sh. all pd 651. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water 25/. sh. all pd 0 6 4 Carron Iron Company 250/. eh. all pd 441 - 2,0005 h 15 per ccnt. Shotts Iron Foundery 501.8 h 381. pd 45 1 . 10,060 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. 161. pd 81 - 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 661. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas ' , 5/. sh. all pd IN/. 750 71 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 204 sh. all pd 45/. 1,206 ... ...... Edinburgh and Dalkeith Rallway...so/. sh 351 . 9,000 5 per cent, Equit2bla Loan Cornpany..tW.th. 91. pd 101. ~e~• FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM TOOLY, carpenter, St. James's-buildings, Cler kenwell. JOHN HAWTHORN, brassfounder, Birmingham. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. MARY RICH kRDSON, innkeeper, Chelmsford, from April 13 to 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. GEORGE NEVILLE, blacksmith, East Bergkolt, Suffolk. BANKRUPTS. JOHN YOUNG, silk-mercer, Brighton, to surrender April 26 and May 22, at two, at the Town Hall, Brighton. Cooper, Brighton Hore, Serle-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. GEORGE WATTS, lace dealer, Nottingham, April 19 and May 22, at twelve, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. Jones, Trinder, and Tredway, Bedford-row, London; Browne, Nottingham. RICHARD REED, miller, Dawlish, Devon, April 19, and May 22, at twelve, at the New London Inn, Exeter. Cloves and Wedlake, King's Bench-walk, Temple; Laidman, Exeter. JOHN ROSE BRADLEY, bone and hoof merchant, Sheffield, May 4 and 22, at ten, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. Wilson, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury-square, London ; Wilson, and Co., Sheffield. WILLIAM STEPHENSON, linen-manufacturer, Stokesley, Yorkshire, April 25, and May 22, at twelve, at the Black Lion Hotel, Stockton-upon-Tees. Garbutt, Fawcett, and Blacket, Yarm, Yorkshire ; Blacket, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, London. DAVID WARD, iron -merchant, Manchester, April 25, at three, and May 22, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man chester. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London ; Ker(haw, Manchester. WILL] AM HENRY HOUNSFIELD, draper, Preston, Lan cashire, April 13, at one, May 22, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Preston. Parker, St. Paul's Church-yard, London. JESSE RUHERFORD, stonc-quarrier, Wingerworth, Derby ; April 18 and May 22, at eleven, at the house of George Saxton, Matlock Bath. Lucas and Cutts, Chesterfield, Derby shire • Spence, 32, Alfred-place, Bedford-square, London. JOHN BARNETT, builder, Birmingham, April 24 and May 22, at one, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Chaplin, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Richards and Motteram, Birmingham. JOHN EVANS, innkeeper, Woolhampton, Berks, April 25, at two, and May 22, at eleven, at the Black Horse Inn, Reading. Clarke, Friar-street, Reading ; Holmes, Great James-street, Bed ford-row, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. S. Warwick and T. W. Claggett, merchants, Billiter square, City, May 4, at one—W. Stables, mercer, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury, May 1, at half-past twelve—G. Underwood, bookseller, Fleet-street, May 1, at twelve—J. Ebers, bookseller, Old Bond-street, May 1, at half-past eleven—J. Holloway, grocer, Bracknell, Berkshire, May 4, at eleven—J. Partridge, stock broker, Middleton-street, Clerkenwell, May 4, at half-past twelve —T. March, merchant, Austin-friars, City, May 3, at eleven— M. Stone, draper, Lane-end, Staffordshire, May 3, at two—W. Hindley, cheesemonger, Gray's Inn-lane, May 3, at half-past two —R. Tate, silversmith, Regent-street, May 3, at one—R. C. Martin and B. Ware, wholesale cheesemungers, Great Tower street, City, May 1, at twelve—E. Marks and W. Charrington, malt factors, Commercial Sale Rooms, Mark-lane, May 1, at one —W. Kiilbe and C. Ludyatt, licensed victuallers, Windmill-hill, Gravesend, May 2, at twelve—W. Nettleton, tailor, George-street, Hanover-square, May 2, at eleven—R. Lewis and J. Dutton, clothiers, Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, May 1, at twelve —J. C. and W. Starkey, brewers, Little Pulteney-street, Golden square, May 1, at eleven—J. Clarke, stock broker, Claremont place, North Brixton, May 2, at twelve—J. Steer, hosier, Oxford street, May '2, at eleven. In the Country. J. P. Brandstrom and W. J. Thompson, commission merchants, Kingston-upon-Hull, May 9, at eleven, at the Kingston Hotel, Kingston-upon-Hull—H. Silvester, Florentine button maker, Bir mingham, May 8, at twelve, at the Union Inn, Birmingham— W. Ellam, tobacco manufacturer, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, May 3, at eleven, at the Red Lion Inn, Belper—W. Brunsdon, ironmon ger, Cirencester, May 8, at two, at the Ram Inn, Cirencester— W. Cockcroft and J. Whittaker, stone-merchants, Southowram, Halifax, May 9, at eleven, at the Magistrates' Office, Halifax—W. Croft, wholesale hosier, Manchester, May 2, at eleven, at the Com missioners' Rooms, Manchester—S. Eadson and R. Kilvert, fustian manufacturers, Manchester, May 2, at twelve, at the Commis sioners' Rooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES, MAT I. _ C. Noades, tailor, Leeds—S. Clough, timber merchant, Leeds —J. Fisher, jun., woollen draper, Stroud—W. Trepess, sen., and W. Trepass, jun., builders, Warwick—W. Ellam, tobacco manu facturer, Ashbourne, Derbyshire—T. Mease, Stokesley, York shire, flaxspinner—J. James, woollen draper, Southampton street, Strand—J. Marsden ' corn dealer, Manchester—S. Hill, worsted spinner, Leicester—C. Baker, timber merchant, Back-of-the- Walls, Southampton—W. 11. Pears, silkman, Coventry. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. and J. Crossley, eheesemongers, Holborn-bridge—R. Green and W. N. Gunn, tailors, Berwick-upon-Tweed—T. King and J. Woollacott, ironmerchants, Pilton, Devonshire—G. Rogers, jun., and W. James, surgeons, Bristol—T. Carr and W. Fell, surgeons, Ambleside, Westmoreland—H. Nicholls and T. C. Burroughes, spirit merchants, Billingborough, Lincolnshire—J. Crowley and Co., surgical instrument manufacturers, Sheffield — W. and W. Nash, chairmakers, Lambeth—J. Parnell and T. C. Payne, house agents, Argyll-place, Regent-street—B. J. Wetherell and J. Milner, bleachers, Walk Mill, Osmotherley, Yorkshire—J. LPSSC and Co., cotton spinners, Manchester—J. H. Allen and W. Watkins, hosiers, Bristol—W. Hunt and J. Brown, linendrapers, Oxford-street—A. Wood and Co., Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire— W. Whitley and Co., fronfounders, Warrington, Lancashire (so far as regards W. Whitley)—S. Bridger and J. Davis, ironfounders, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire—J. Holt and H. W. Stockwell, jewellers, Berwick-street, Soho—S. and E Gregory, cardinakers, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire—D. J. Steward and J. Bald, Liverpool—J. and J. Richardson, builders, Tunbridge Wells, Kent —N. T. Tressider and R. White, attorneys, Falmouth—P. H. Par sons and R. Parry, surgeons, Newington Butts, Surrey—C. T. Tailor and J. Evans, sugar refiners, Commercial Chambers, Min cing-lane—T. Lukis and W. Roden, jun., apothecaries, Kidder minster—A. and H. H. Fraser, farmers, Flamisteadbury, Hert fordshire—J. Laidman and Cs., wino merchants, Liverpool—H. Bearchall and N. Baker, fishmongers, York—M. Stevens and Co., paper makers, Two Water Mills, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire —J. Bushby and T. Bourn, curriers, Blackburn, Lancashire—A. Summerfield and J. Rarrick, rod merchants, Kingston-upon-Hull —J. Boycot and R. Lucas, mercers—J. Wilks and Co., wine mer chants, Manchester-street, Manchester-square—J. Heginbottom and Co., linen drapers, Burslem, Staffordshire—R. Walker and J. Goodman, victuallers, Hole-in-the-Wall, Gloucester-street and Theobald's-road—R. Milligan and Co., newspaper publishers, Bradfcrd, Yorkshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. JAMES NICHOLL, messenger-at-arms, Linlithgow, April 13 and 28, at twelve, at the Exchange Hotel, Leith. THE LATE MARYLEBONE ELEC- TION. Last evening - one of the most important public meetings in the Reform interest, which ever took place in the borough of Marylebone, was held in the large room of the Cape of Good Hope, Albany-street, Regent's Park. This meeting had been convened at the suggestion, and under the auspices of a large preliminary meeting of Liberal Members of Parliament, held on Friday last at Fiadong's Hotel, Oxford-street, for the purpose of adopting measures to prevent- a recurrence of such a disastrous result as that which occurred at the late election, by adopting some measures to conciliate all classes of Re formers in this great metropolitan district. George Houghton, Esq., was at six o'clock, by the unanimous voice of the meet ing, called to the chair, when Mr. IVEMEY (who officiated as secretary) read letters from the following Members of Parliament, regretting their inabi lity to attend the meeting, but perfectly concurring in and declaring their determination to support its objects :—viz., Mr. Raikes Currie, M.P., Mr. Havtcr, M.P., Mr. Fleetwood, M. P., Sir George Anson, M.P., Mr. Vigors, M. P., Mr. Clay, M. P., Mr. flume, M.P., Mr. B. Hall, M. P., Sir James Williams, Henry Weymouth, Esq., &c. Major REVELL, in moving the first resolution, said if he did not believe that the voice of the great majority of the electors of Marylebone were in favour of the Liberal Govern-. ment, he for one would abandon all idea of an attempt to lead them ; but when he was assured that it was only from apathy and dread of the Tories they had not openly ex pressed their opinions, he considered the establishment of an Association would not only counteract the operatious of the Conservative phalanx, but be a shield and protection to the great mass of Reformers in the borough.—( Cheers.) He was sorry there was such apathy among Reformers as to find that out of a constituency of 12,000 electors, 4,000 never polled at ail. He (Major Revell) was of opinion, if the Association now he trusted about to be established had been then in exis tence upwards of 2,000 out of the unpolled votes would have found in the Liberal scale—( Cheers)—and the borough of Marylebone, which was once the glory of the country, would not have become the laughing-stock of England, and a blot upon the metropolis of the British empire.—(Loud cheers.) Major Revell concluded by moving, " That an Association, to be called the Borough of Marylebone Reform and Registration Association, be now formed." Mr. Neuss seconded the resolution. He was delighted to find that this Institution would embrace the whole borough; but at the same time he could not agree in joining hand in hand with the party who had caused the disaster which had befallen them, and who exulted in having sent a Tory to Parliament to misrepresent them. Dr. JOSEPH did not rise to oppose the resolution, as he con ceived the establishment of an Association like the one pro posed would be of the greatest importance, and confer an es sential benefit on the borough. Mr. PEPPERCORN hailed with delight the establishment of such a Society, as he felt that it would be the means of allaying that diversity of opinion which had unfortunately severed the Reform interest in the borough. He could not, however, agree with Mr. Nelms that any party should be excluded. He hoped the fault, which had been committed at the last elec tion would be forgiven, and that they should receive their brethren with open arms.—(Cheers.) Dr. CARPUE trusted there would not be a dissentient upon this point. They had been disgraced, and it behoved them to extend the hand of friendship to all. They were the people, and he implored them for once to amalgamate, and the sun of Toryism would soon set in Marylebone for ever.—(Cheers.) The ChIAIRMAN here put the resolution, which was carried, it might be said unanimously, there being but one dissentient. Dr. TAYLOR moved the second resolution, to the effect, " That the Association elect a President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Committee, and Auditors annually, for conducting its affairs." Mr. KENSETT seconded the motion. Professor KEYg mowed the thTrrilesolution, to the effect, " That all the Liberal Members of Parliament resident in the borough become Vice. Pre s id en t s o f th e Association." Mr. WILLIAMS seconded the resolution, which having been also carried unanimously, a series of resolutions to comprise the rules and by-laws of the Association, w ere severally put and carried ; and a vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman, Mr. Houghton returned thanks, and the meet ing dissolved, apparently highly gratified with the result of the proceedings. A poor female, of the great age of ninety-one years, who resided alone in a house at Moresby, WA$ found dead in bed on Saturday morning last. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCII NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LivEnrooL, A.rnlL 9. GRIFFITH V. FEGAN AND WHITTLE. This was an action for assault and false imprisonment brought against one of the magistrates and the head corn:table , •f the borough of Wigan. There was a plea of Not Guihy, and also one of a tender of 51. within the month by way of amends. His LORDSHIP summed up, and the Jury brought in a ye r dict for the plaintiff—Damages 701. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Symon Marryatt was indicted for the murder of Mary Warner. The deceased, who was 74 years of age, was left by a relation of hers, a Mrs. Keepe, a house in Cannon-streFt• The prisoner, who is the landlord of three houses in Do court, Holborn, was acquainted with the deceased, and got her to lodge with him. At first he treated her kindly, but subsequently he put her into the kitchen, and her food was of the worst quality. In the meantime he secured the lease of the deceased's house, and let a portion of it for 50/. a ye.sr, which he appropriated to his own purposes. On the 26th t February the deceased was found dead, and upon a post mortem examination the surgeons declared that she died of: water on the brain, and that her death was caused by want ot . sufficient nourishment. The Jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter.--The pri soner was then taken from the bar. NEW COURT. (Continued from The Sun of yesterday.) THE TRIAL OF THOMAS WILLIAMS, ESQ., FOR FORGING A WILL—SECOND DAY.—William Wood, an engraver, exa mined by Sir W. FoLLETr—The witness had scrip No. I 1 placed in his hands, when he stated that he could see the ab brevi,lted word " Esq." When he first saw the paper he could see " E. D. R. Hurlock," but cannot discern them now. Has seen all the other papers.and the pencil marks which they bear, and is of opinion that they were made before the ink letters were written. The greater part of the papers which had occupied the at tention of Mr. Halland were handed to the witness, and as far as his investigation went, he professed to discover the same marks which were minutely described by that witness. Mr. Baron PARKE told the witness that he had spoken of " six," and other words, letters, lines, and marks, being in some of the papers, which did not now exist. The C o urt wished to know whether he was sure he ever discerned then'' or that he only thought so ? Witness—My Lord, I certainly saw them, but some of thein even then were indistinct. Mr. Jennings, the examiner to the Prerogative Court, who^ was partially examined last night (Monday)—The witnoss; said that he could trace marks on most of the papers calle d " Scrip." Has seen them several times, and can discove r some of them now without the aid of a glass. Could sec th; words " Bishopgate-street," the seventh letter, " s," being let 't out), " Cursitor-street," and " Devonshire-street," very plain. Near the words " I approve of this," on one of the codicils , there are several lines and other pencil marks. The witnes s then examined them with the aid of his glass, and whethc r from its being superior to that used by the other witnesses, stronger natural vision, Mr. Jennings discovered many words which had been seemingly overlooked by Mr. Halland and Mr. Wood. By Mr. JARVIS-Has been in the Ecclesiastical Court for ten years in practice as a Proctor. Went in that capacity -to Carnarvon, and opened the Commission the same morning bc arrived. He went to the Goat Inn. Finding there was a jealousy between the parties, he withdrew from the pled' Kept his scrip at the Goat in a portfolio, locked in a cu?' board. Left the papers in the house while he went to open the Commission. That was the only time he left them. The ra ' was no key to the chamber door, so he put a piece of paper on it, and sealed it. Alludes to his sitting-room and not his bed chamber. Mr. Tyler, the clerk to Mr. Ramsey Williams , was allowed to see and examine the scrip when he discovered the pencil marks. Witness took a fac-simile of the marks on some tracing paper while he was in Wales and the Commission sitting. No person was present to assist him in the tracing' Mr. Tyler was there part of the time, and he examined the tracings. As an officer of the Court, he felt bound to take the copy. Generally speaking they are correct, but ther e may be some little variation. Brought the fac-simile to Lon don on the 25th of February. By the order of Mr. Bodkin he bad delivered them up at Guildhall. After this delivery he went to Carnarvon again. My own feelings took me down. The police-officers went one or two days before. Did not go with the officers to Brynbras Castle or to Bangor. Came u P air with an officer and one of the female prisoners. Sao Rumsey Williams at Carnarvon at his own house at Petrone. This prosecution was not the subject of conversation at dinner time. It was Ellen Evans that he came to London with. Gave her a sovereign because she had only eighteenpen ce. Did not question her on his way to town. Never gave any yer ea one of the fac.similies. Never saw the prisoner, Am' Williams, on his way to London. Saw her with Mr. Tyler at Kiddimain. Ellen Evans was with them. Did not see Evans, but heard she was there. Asked Anne William s s a n i h e questions, and so did Mr. Tyler. He questioned her rector from curiosity and the love of justice. Mr. Frenc h is p to the prosecutor. The question at issue is not in a reitr way before the Court. Was obliged to draw a petitie a Os leave to plead. Publication cannot pass after a Pm given in. .„„,, n ever By Sir W. FOLLETT.-The door of his room v' opened during his absence from the inn , as the seals were, never broken. Being a public notary he felt bound to take a copy of the marks. Delivered the papers to Mr. Bodkin at Guildhall Justice-room, by his request. Mr. W. D. Tyler is clerk to Mr. R. Williams, solicitor, at Carnarvon. When he first saw the papers he discovered pencil marks consecutively from No. 2to 9. Wrote to his principal on the subject. The witness recapitulated the words and letters he observed, which had already been deposed to in the course of the day. By the ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Has been clerk to Mr. Wil• liams since October last. Never had managed a matter in the Ecclesiastical Court before. Asked Mr. Jennings to allow him to see the papers more out of curiosity than. any thinge_ else. When he first discovered the tracings ,. Mr.. her e nings was present. Witness exclaimed, " Good God ere. are marks." Mr. Jennings said he knew what they v f j i tad n Had made out some of the words before Mr. Jennings P o them out. Mr. Jennings sent him for the tissue PaPic% Did not assist in tracing the writing and pencil walla, • That he swore !positively. I saw the greater part of the Fc. ,is cis marks traced. Mr. Jennings made the tracings with pocket pencil. Never saw him apply the pencil to the 1324 Never named to Mr. Williams what he had seen, and as" for an explanation. Knew that the warrants were coaling: down to apprehend the prisoner and his maids before hey arrived. Does not know who told him. Mr. Jenning s not tell him before he left Carnarvon for London. went to Brynbras Castle when the prisoner was apprehended by th e officer. A large quantity of papers were brought up to Lo don by the desire of Mr. Williams. They were not vehrtiar: rily brought up. The officer did not seize, but he said, Williams, I shall want your papers." Mr. Williams Sa (opening the iron chest) " Take them to London, and let theme: be inspected." Does not know that some of these papers ar: now detained by anybody. Was present when Ellen Ect e t was taken into custody. Told her and Ann Williams tila they were taken into custody for forging the will, and the' ) P u t many questions to them. Rode with Ellen Evans in a post chaise, with the officer outside. Conversed with her then about this affair from his own head and not from instructions . By Sir W. FOLLETT—He asked how she came to be Pr e " sent at the signing of the will. She said she was in the draw; ing-room with her master arid Mr. Panton. She was desir e : to fetch John and Ann Williams. Mr. Panton had papers ' n his hand. He approached the table and signed one of theta, and said, " I deliver this as my act and deed." Then witness saw it, and signed. Robert Williams, a solicitor, at Carnarvon-_.I was desired by Mr. Ramsey Williams to be at Plasgwyn on the 9th of .June, to arrange some affairs of the late Mr. Panton. Know s the prisoner's handwriting. Believes the affidavit scrip is ' ll his handwriting. The affidavit sworn on the 19th of July by the prisoner, be fore Dr. Daubney, was here read. ; Thomas Ruthven, a Bow-street officer, apprehended th e prisoner. Mr. Robert Williams was again called to prove the hand writing of the prisoner to a parchment deed, which was put IS as a subscribing party. A tin box of papers was put in by the officer, some of whic h were read. The Court adjourned at a quarter-past nine until ten this morning. The trial is likely to last till Thursday night. POWERFUL MUSICAL BOXES, in w OO eases, 12 inches long, by 5 inches wide, each playing Four Airs, wit the mechanism finished in a very superior manner, are offered for Five Guineas each. Also a few of the same description, with S.l, A its, price Seven Guineas each, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, Loncical ( Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street). N. B. The small musical boxes, 31 inches long, continue selling in tin cases, price 19s. each, or in composition shell cases, at `2. s ' s ' each. BIRTHS. On the Bth inst., the Countess of Guildford, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at The Craig, Bowness, Windermere, the lady of Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, Bart., of a son. On the 9th inst., in Upper Harley-street, the lady of George Green, Esq., of a son. On the Bth inst., at Dunstable Villa, Richmond, the Right Iron' Lady Louth, of a son. On the 6th inst., at Greenwich, Mrs. Henry Thompson , °f daughter. MARRIED. n of On the sth inst., George H uns l ey Fi e ldi ng , Esq , h e Sculcoates, Yorkshire, to A nn Blandinah , eldest daughter of t Rev. C. R. Rowlatt, M.A., of North Benfleet, Essex. DIED. This morning, at 37, G rea t James-street, Bedford-row, Wallace , aged seven weeks, son of Dr. M'Christie. On the 7th inst., aged 6 years and 7 months, Henry Goodwin, the youngest son of Mr. William Watkins, of Shepperton-street, Islington. On the 3d inst., at Sheriff Hutton-park, Yorkshire, Edward, younger son of G. L. Thompson, Esq., and Vicar of Asp atria, Cumberland. On the 9th inst., at Notting-hill, aged 32 , Elizabeth, t he eldest daughter of Alexander Macdonald, Esq. ' and wife of Franc is Bay ley, youngest son of the Right Hon. Sir J. Bayley, Bart. At Buckingham-gate, Pimlico, on the sth inst., Mr. William Deakins, aged 40. London; Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of 1No• 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the county of Middlesex.—Wednesday, April 11, 1838.